Have you ever criticized a food item only to realize that the chef was right behind you? Or have you ever fallen down on your face when your crush was watching you? Both happened to me, and honestly, they were painfully embarrassing. Those moments made me wish I had the superpower to disappear in that moment.
What comforted me was that funnier things have happened to people all around, and yet they live with it. When Megan Kmita shared her embarrassing fail story, she asked people to spill their tea, too. Some of these tales are wildly hilarious, while others might give you second-hand embarrassment. Just scroll down to check them out!
#21
My Mom (new to Facebook and in her 70’s) commented on an acquaintance’s page of an obituary of her husband, LOL. She thought it meant Lots of Love.
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Mental health professionals from BetterHelp offer these helpful tips to deal with embarrassment if you experience a humiliating moment:
- Understand that the moment is in the past.
- Know that you don't need to apologize for feeling embarrassed.
- Talk to someone about your feelings.
- Learn to find humor in the situation.
- Understand that fear can be normal.
- Understand that perfection usually isn’t possible.
#22
3 colleagues and I went for drinks after work. As we are standing there, I see this creepy guy looking at us. I say "look there's this ugly creepy guy looking over here." One of my colleagues says, "That's my fiancé ". He comes over, and I want to sink through the floor.
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#23
A long time ago, my husband ordered a pizza. The delivery guy came, and my husband gave him his credit card, then the delivery guy handed him the receipt and a pen to sign. My husband gave him back the receipt, and the delivery guy put out his hand again and my husband shook it. The delivery guy was like “no, my pen”.
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14points
#24
I once saw a post with a load of hunky lifeguards and it said "excuse me, i forgot how to swim". I wrote underneath it "this is my fantasy lol" but for some ungodly reason, the comment didnt attach to that post and went to a post underneath which was a photo of my friend's very poorly baby in an incubator. I had no idea until she messaged asking if I had been on the wine. I still get a flush of panic.
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If there’s one thing I have learned from all this, it’s that we are all human. No matter what we do, we are going to experience such humiliating moments at some point in our lives. And laughing over them, rather than dreading that they happened, might actually help. Don’t you agree?
#25
I sent a joke text with a picture of a really gaudy fuchsia pink satin bed spread with ruffles, matching canopy and pillows, etc with the caption "I want you to take my virginity on this" to who I thought was the guy I was seeing at the time. My dad replied "what the hell? ".
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#26
Ugh.. so I was getting on the bathtub.. I love love love my evening bath. I had my phone in my hand getting ready to doomscroll. Adjusting the water temp as I got in.. just as I settle in …. There was a message on my phone that said “we have reviewed your live and you have been banned from going live”.. LIVE. WHO WAS LIVE??? I WAS LIVE??? Oh sweet baby JESUS I pray I wasn’t live. I called my bestie and had her look at my feed and she didn’t see anything but to this day I don’t know if they caught it before or I was actually LIVE getting in the bath.
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#27
Not me, but my friend. She was stalking her ex's new gf's Facebook and clicked the "attending" button on her baby shower invitation page. She didn't know she'd done it until someone called her and asked her why she would attend the baby shower of a child that was conceived during her marriage. It had been DAYS since she had looked at it. She styled it out quite beautifully, by having a total meltdown on Facebook, then checking herself into the ER and and an international airport within 12 hours of one another.
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Anyway, dear pandas, that's it from our end. Which one of these was relatable? Which ones made you laugh the loudest? And which ones gave you second-hand embarrassment? Give them an upvote or share your thoughts in the comments! Also, if this list made you crack up, then you should definitely check out these funny fails people shared online just to cope!
#28
I was an awkward 7th grader who had a huge crush on this guy at school. I went to his house and sat outside in the bushes. I heard a tapping noise and looked up, he was sitting in his family’s RV that was also parked in the bushes looking down at me in confusion. I had never even said a word to him at school and here I was sitting outside his house- in the bushes. Then I heard him telling someone about it in our junior year in high school…
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#29
About 15 years ago in college I fell asleep in class. The sound of my own fart woke me up. I still think about it sometimes.
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#30
When i was 24 years old i decided to txt my ex, Dave to tell him “you’re the only guy who makes me laugh and makes me excited”. I’d had a few drinks at the time so seemed a good idea. Imagine my horror the next morning when i found out id accidentally texted my 70 year old driving instructor also called Dave. My mate in work nearly peed herself from laughing that day.
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#31
A guy I was crushing on once said to me “be a good girl” and I said “okay” not realizing until after he was talking to my dog. Neither of us ever addressed it.
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#32
I sent “I think I’m falling in love with him again” to him instead of my friend. He immediately replied “you know you sent that to me right?” - but I had already buried myself under the couch cushions and vanished.
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#33
One time I texted an emotional paragraph about my divorce to the pest control guy on accident.
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#34
I once picked up a purse in a store, tried it on and walked around with it while I contemplated buying it. It belonged to another customer.
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#35
One time I was having a yard sale and an old man was looking at this tiny box I was selling and we were chit chatting. I was trying to say he could put his “do dads” in the box but instead I said he could put his “go nads” in the box mortifying.
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#36
I sent a pic to my mother in law of my husband napping in bed with the kids, two weeks later my father in law told my husband that they saw an adult toy on the nightstand in the photo
Literally ended me.
Literally ended me.
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#37
I once firmly and confidently slapped my brother in law right on the behind. I thought he was my husband. They look nothing alike and were not even remotely dressed the same.
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#38
A few years ago I was stalking this guy I dated BRIEFLY like 15 years prior, and accidentally tagged myself as his girlfriend in his FB profile photo. My phone would not let me untag and I had to wait until I got home to my computer to do it. By the time I got to it I was blocked.
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10points
#39
My coworked posted a pic of a tattoo, i tought It was one of those "top 10 worst tattoos", i commented "lmao that's so ugly"...It was hers.
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#40
how about i tagged myself by accident in a family photo w his parents brother and his new WIFE.
9points